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Mike, it is showing up in OSE as being redirected. If you use just the url that ends in /, you get this response:

The URL you've entered redirects to another URL. We're showing results for www.docshop.com/education/cosmetic/face since it is likely to have more accurate link metrics. See data for www.docshop.com/education/cosmetic/face/ instead?

The reason it shows differently when you compare on to the other is that the page is still there. A site we changed out in August is still showing some link metrics for the old site (the old site had DA of 39 and PA of 43 on home page originally and now is at 16 and 26 (edit DA 26, PA16) respectively. It will continue to dwindle over time.

I guess the better question would have been "why does the old URL still have metrics?", but you answered both. Since I asked, the values have indeed dropped on the old URL (with trailing slash), and now the new URL trumps the old.

Mike, it would be interesting to track the decline on the metrics from when instituted to when you were at or near zero. I would be happy to share mine with you as well. I will private message you with my company email and if interested LMK. best.

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